Surendra Hiranandani is an Indian-born

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, co-founder and managing director of

Hiranandani Group Hiranandani Group was established in 1978 by Niranjan Hiranandani and Surendra Hiranandani and is based in Mumbai, India. The group is one of the largest real estate developers in India with projects across Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, and Hydera ...

, which engages in real estate business. In 2018, he renounced his Indian citizenship and became a citizen of

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. Surendra is ranked in the Forbes global billionaires list with a net worth of billion .

Early life

Surendra Hiranandani was born in 1954 in

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

. His father was

Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani (1917–2013) was an Indian otorhinolaryngologist, social activist and philanthropist, known for pioneering several surgical procedures which later came to be known as ''Dr. Hiranandani's Operations''. He was the fo ...

, an ENT surgeon who was awarded the

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...

by the

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. He has two older brothers, Navin and Niranjan. The Hiranandani family is of Sindhi heritage.

Career

Surendra served as a Founder and Managing Director of House of Hiranandani Group of Companies. Hiranandani served as a Non-Executive Independent Director of Provogue (India) Ltd from 7 March 2005 to 10 November 2012. Surendra along with his brother Niranjan bought 250 acres land in Powai Mumbai in 1985 and started

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business under the name

Hiranandani Gardens Hiranandani Gardens (known popularly as Hiranandani) is an upmarket township consisting of condominiums, penthouses, bungalows and commercial complexes in Powai in the city of Mumbai. Hiranandani was constructed by the Hiranandani Group and can ...

. Surendra Hiranandani a Mumbai-based developer the owner of House of Hiranandani, is learnt to have bought 250 acres in

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Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

and

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

for Rs 800 crore. The three land parcels comprise 120 acres in Bangalore, 110 acres in Chennai and 20 acres in Hyderabad Also have plans to enter the real estate market of North and West of India soon.

Personal life

Surendra Hiranandani resides in

. He has married two times. His first wife was Priti Hiranandani, and they are the parents of three children: two daughters Neha and Komal and a son Harsh. Surendra and Priti divorced in 2009, and the children live with their mother. Neha, who is a

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alumni is currently the Director of House of Hiranandani. In December 2012, Surendra married again, becoming the second husband of Alka Bhatia, who was herself a divorcee and the mother of a daughter by her first marriage. Incidentally, Alka is the younger sister of actor

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References

1954 births Living people Businesspeople from Mumbai Indian billionaires Indian real estate businesspeople Sindhi people {{India-business-bio-stub